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Mr. Andreas N. Koopmann served as the Chief Executive Officer of Bobst Group North America, Inc. since 1995. Mr. Koopmann served as Chief Executive Officer of Bobst Group S.A. from 1995 to May 2009. From 1982 to May 6, 2009, Mr. Koopmann occupied senior positions at Bobst Group S.A. Lausanne. From 1982 to 1989, he served as the Vice President of Engineering and Manufacturing at Bobst Group Inc. He served as the Secretary at Nestlé S.A. From 1980 to 1982, Mr. Koopmann ... served at Motor Columbus AG, Holding, Baden (Switzerland) as an Assistant to the Group Executive. From 1979 to 1980, he served as an Assistant to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of uno Piatti AG, Dietlikon, Zurich (Switzerland). He has been the Chairman of the Board at Georg Fischer AG since 2012 and its Director since March 24, 2010. In 2012, Mr. Koopmann was appointed Chairman of Georg Fischer Ltd. since 2003. He served as the Chairman of Alstom (Switzerland) Ltd. from February 2010 to March 1, 2012. He has been the First Vice Chairman of Nestlé since 2003 and Nestlé S.A., since April 14, 2005. He serves as the First Vice Chairman of Nestle India Ltd. He served as Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board at Credit Suisse Group. since April 2009. He served as a Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board at Regal-Beloit Corp. He has been a Director of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. since 2009. Mr. Koopmann serves as a Director of the CSD Holding AG (a/k/a CSD Group). He serves as a Director of Compagnie Vaudoise d'Eléctricité-Romande Energie sa, ch-Lausanne. He has been a Director of Nestlé S.A. since 2003. He served as a Director of Bobst Group S.A. from 1998 to 2002. Mr. Koopmann served as a Non-Executive Director of SIG Holding AG since 2002. He serves as the Vice President, Member of the Executive Board, and Board Member of Swissmem (the Swiss Machinery Industry Association). Mr. Koopmann holds an MBA, with honors, from International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Switzerland in 1978. He also holds a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETHZ) in 1976. He studied Scientific diploma (C) at High School, Sion (Switzerland) from 1964 to 1971.

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